• Song:

    Under The Bushes

  • Artist:

    Guided By Voices

12 Acorns & Orioles    

F#5 - E5 - B5

B5          A5                               G5                             
        D5
Over the summer somehow I'm waiting somehow straining
   B5                        A5                                G5           
                            D5
and I gave it all away let my strength slip away kept everyone away
    B5                  F#5
I can't tell you anything
        D5                      E5
you don't already know
  E5                    B5
I can't tell you anything
    F#5                          C5
you don't already know
 B5                      F#5                        
I can't tell you anything

Repeat intro

B5         A5                          G5                                   
      D5
I am the minister and an imposter you said I am on my own
B5          A5                                   G5                         
       D5
but I am not alone you are the militant fighting to bring me home


Name="Ghosts_of_a_different_dream"
11. Ghosts of a Different Dream   Intro--A-C#m-D-E

         A5
You dreamt of wine but did you find
         F#5
the dregs of a another night dissipated
       A5  
I read the sign you know that wine
          F#5
the ghosts of a different dream are waiting
     A5
a different kind of kiss
      F#5
the songs of a different mist are rolling 
        A5 
I?ve been inside your mist
       F#5
the ghosts of another kissed are calling      A5 - B5 - C5 - D5 - A5 - C#5 - D5 - E5
       A5
The troops are led and turning red
         F#5
they smile with the oldest trumpet blaring
     A5 
a world of hate, can?t penetrate 
       F#5
the ghost of a different shield your wearing
 A5 
a different kind of fight
F#5
keep those telephones a ringing
A5
I've been inside alright
F#5 
the ghosts of a different dream are singing



9. Lord of Overstock 

 Intro--D-A-G   Bb--C

D5                       A5              G5
Straight to the Lord of Overstock
       D5              A5                      F5
He spoke for the millonth time
                D5                  A5                      G5
Don't be late for the superdeal will save you alot
        D5                A5             F5
and take every cent you earn

G5          F5            G5           F5    
(no clue what the lyrics are here)
       D5                A5           G5
So trust in the King of Overstock
        D5            A5               F5
invest in his wisdom & learn
             D5                A5              G5 
there's less to go around if everyonecounts
                  D5           A5              F5
but if you got the money to burn
                               G5                      F5
then you will be in always get fake
                 G5                      D5                A5            G5   
      Bb         C         rpt to end...
but what's all worth in heaven on earth



1. Man Called Aerodynamics

Intro: F5 - G5 - A5 - G5 - F5 (very fast)

F5                                        G5
find deep within your ole memory coat
A5                     Bb5
a cricket bag you ate from
F5                        G5
its sweet-smily apology
Acceptance awaits you
A5                        Bb5                 C5
Don't be afraid to cherish it

D5        C5            Bb5                      (F5 - G5 - A5 )
Look it up in the bookmobile
D5        C5            Bb5                 A5
Look it up in the gun rack
      Bb5
in the magazine rack
           D5
in the map

F5                 G5         A5             Bb5
for it.. only after the fence comes down
F5                 G5         A5           Bb5
that the cartoon bubble explodes
    C5
and the new party begins
D5           C5          Bb5                       F5 - G5 - A5
invitation only here in the senator's suitcase
D5           C5                        Bb5
Let them out and dance for the ant-god
A5           Bb5              C5
like scary magnets to pounce
                  F5              G5
upon command
A5             Bb5
upon the man
        C              Dm               C           (Rpt intro to end)
the man called aerodynamics


6. To Remake the Young Flyer

E5            D5                  G5
To remake the young flyer
                             C5           G5               D5
yes, we must define the time desire
                 C5                 B5
standing erect to not detect the anything
A5                               C5
that we could not admire

E5                 D5                  G5
Through the long lonely mire (?)
                           C5            G5        D5
number one is that the one to send
C5               B5
?? on the child
 A5
national pride
             C5
in my own

    G5             C5         D5
a question to the lunatic
                                           C5
do your days seem like nights?
                B5                       D5
Do your worlds go together

G5       C5      D5
dash forth (?)
                      C5
he takes his place
         B5
he da da da ??
 A5                                                          C5            
       G5
takes his softness from his hand and goes
E5            D5                  G5
To remake the young flyer
                             C5           G5               D5             E5
yes, we must define the time desire         



16. Atom Eyes                 

opening riff is top 3 strings of C chord to B note and back
 
      G5                                     E5
I'm dreaming it so it must be true
       C5                                                    D5
Nothing else could look as good as you do
          G5                     E5
And so where the rocket goes
           C5                  D5 
Up to where the astros flow into space
E5                   D5
Don't hold me down

Chorus
           G5                 C5
Atom Eyes don't worry your brain
       A5                              D5
Take a break from everyday
       G5                       C5             
sell the house, the car, the pain
  A5                       D5
Atom Eyes

riff, then chords repeat til  end 



19. Big Boring Wedding

 Opening riff (tune top E down to D)

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-0----0----0----0--------------
-0----2----4----5--------------
Chords to opening--D--Em--F#m--G

           D5                         E5
I have entered a shiny new realm
             F#5                           G5
Of very different and very spoiled world
        D5                           E5
Its with great pleasure I introduce myself
         F#5                                G5
To come and thank you for such delicious pie

repeat opening riff
D5                                E5
The irony's sweet bird is paralyzed
              F#5                                        G5
With one good finger you try me on for size
               D5                                 E5
Its hard to imagine that you just want to leave
             F#5                       G5
With yellow photos pocket sized

riff again, then start it backwards for the chorus...

      G5             F#5                            E5
Revealing mobility of psychedelic eyes
  G5                           F#5                                    E5
Spontaneous and violent but private to the mind
            A5
With no where left to go
               D5                                 E5
Pass the word the chicks are back
        F#5
The chicks are back yeah
         G5
The chicks are back

        D5             E5           F#5             G5
The chandelier is spinning shaking
        D5        E5       F#5             G5
The vibrachord is already waking

Pass the word the chicks are back...repeated until fade



21. Drag Days

Opening chords--E--A--F#m--A--B

E5
Drag days are not so bad but move to slow
If I were them I'd want them not to linger so
                E5                      A5
Now we come to drag days
                E5                      A5
Now we come to drag days

E5               
Fake capes baby they're too hard to wear
Put them on and everyone will stare
        E5                              A5
We have come to drag days
        E5                              A5
We have come to drag days
                        F#5                               Ab5             
                      A5
We escape them sometimes and the feeling is different more intensified
                        F#5                               Ab5             
                      A5             B5
We escape them within the walls of our fidgety hearts where we hide
          E5
Way up and out beyond the factory yards
Up and over the security guards
                 E5                    A5
We have come to drag days
                 E5                   A5
We have come to drag days
                        F#5                               Ab5             
                      A5
We escape them sometimes and the feeling is different more intensified
                        F#5                               Ab5             
                      A5             B5
We escape them within the walls of our fidgety hearts where we hide
                 E5       A5      F#5        A5        B5
They will turn around
                 E5       A5      F#5        A5        B5
The will turn around X 11

13. Look At Them

opening riff and 1st verse
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-1-1-1-1-1-------1-1-1-1-1--------1-1-1-1-1------------------

It's crippling
Never really knowing
We're huddling
Where its always nice

Chorus
                                 F5
And plus there is a flame
a flame that should be hot?
                               Bb5                       G5
In spite of being small and being still
Bb5                       
Following where ever you will

Back to riff for verse

Look at them
They're sensitive
And they inch out
Oh look at them

Chorus
                                 F5
And plus there is a flame
a flame that should be hot?
                               Bb5                       G5
In spite of being small and being still
Bb5                       
Following where ever you will



18. Office Of Hearts
A5                    D5
Roll out the pain killers
                       A5                    F#5
We'll have a killer wig out
A5                             D5
Sleepy boys don't look
 A5                           F#5
It's not ?????
A5                         D5
Or a statistical occurrence
     A5                      F#5
Its octopus caveman
 A5                             D5
Drinking with the enemy
                   A5                      F#5                  A5
He's got a girl on every arm

       F#5                 D5                      F5
He sits down and circulates
             A5            F#5
In the office of hearts
          D5                            F5
He's case closed middleman
            A5             F#5            D5                    F5
In the office of hearts he'll steal you away

A5   D5   A5   F#5   twice

F#5                         A5                         F#5
He sits down and circulates
D5                                   F5
Come feel the softest parts
                          A5 
In the office of hearts

repeat 4 times and fade


23. Redmen & Their Wives

Opening---Dm--C--Bb

Bb5                 A5
Roll out of bed
              F5                           G5                              
Bb5
They?re issuing lives for redmen and their wives
                 A5                               F5
Offering hands and twiddling thumbs
         G5                                 Bb5
For dreams that never come
          A5           F5                         G5                        
         A5
Often said you better not look away you'll lose the day
       D5 
The way I see it
                    Bb5              A5
It?s already lost
              D5
So then be it
           Bb5
They say
                                    A5
They're sharpening knives
          F5                            G5                                
Bb5
And primitive lives for Redmen and their wives
                                 A5
Bread winner and klutz 
         F5                  G5                             A5
And losing it all before the one eye shuts
           D5            Bb5                        A5
Well I see it as paying the price
                Dn=m                      Bb
Nobody feels it these days

repeat intro

Bb5                      F5
Well I'd like to go
C5                       Bm(?)
And kiss them away
Bb5                      F5
Well I'd like to know
C5                        B5 (?)
Another way
Bb5                F5
Did you notice that
              C5                                 B5 (?)
They're taking back lives for Redmen just to
Bb5                            A5
Give them time to find the light
          F5                           G5
And other things that bind with pride
Bb5                             A5
A killers waking up this time
      F5                              G5
To honest gleam and needless pride
Bb5                          A5
We'll never see it shine
         F5                         G5
We'll never find the time

20. Its Like Soul Man

D--E----D--E                      A
I never liked you until I took a good look at myself
D--E----D--E               
And when I saw you there
A5
I saw the best part of me was your soul
              G5        A5
It's like soul man
              G5        A5
It's like soul man


Crocker's Favorite Song

A--C#m--D--F#m  throughout

Everybody's got their hands up high
Everybody should be touching the sky
But you know you never never can go down
So you slow down
And you walk away
She says good morning to you
And you look away
She asks you just what to do
You don't know what to say
But what can be done
And what can be done for you
I'll tell you now
Where will you go
When nothing's laid out for you


Dust Devil  (from King Shit)

F5                                      D5     C5
Don't make promises you can't keep
F5                                      D5     C5
I've been hearing them in my sleep
F5                                      D5     C5
Think of positive things to feel
F5                                      D5     C5
If the disastors are too real
F5                                      D5     C5
Tum tum tum tum watch me run
F5                                      D5     C5
Tum tum tum tum turn turn turn
F5                                      D5     C5
Tum tum tum tum turn your back
        C5                     D5
And run wheels in motion
F5                   C5
Watch them burn
C5               D5
Please go away now
F5          C5
But do return

F5                                      D5     C5
well the people they look at you
F5                                      D5     C5
When the fire spreads show them a room
F5                                      D5     C5
Don't a privy of what we've found
F5                                      D5     C5
On territorial bowling grounds
F5                                      D5     C5
Tum tum tum tum so we go
F5                                      D5     C5
Tum tum tum tum long and slow
      C5                   D5
So run break the filth up
F5              C5
All around
                     D5
Slowly build up
F5                   C5
And break it down
               D5
Buy me yogurt
F5                      C5
And knock on wood
                 D5 
They feel big now
F5                 C5
But we feel good
                 D5
Wheels in motion
F5                   C5
Watch them burn
                 D5
Please go away now
F5            C5
But do return

Scissors  (From King Shit)

A5                                
All I ever want to have is
F#5 
She said no sir, just forget it
B5
A time to figure out
D5
Just what's goin' on
              A5                 F#5  
Chorus: But it's not a bad thing
Bm               E                        Bm---E
But it's not a good thing

A5   
All my life I've wanted scissors
F#5
Not the kind that are so forgiving
B5
Cigar box eraser bits
D5
And that rusty tool

Chorus

 Sheetkickers

E5
Cover your eyes
                               F#5
The light is too bright
           A5                                    E5
Your wise men they tell you lies
          E5                F#5
And what's worse
        A5                    E5
they curse
        E5
But still
   F#5      A5
I love the bite
       E5                          F#5
But flies are maybe marked men
                            A5
because they're attracted to the light
          E5
They realize
                                       F#5
The night has come to baptize
                                      A5
and they will finally realize
              E5           F#5
and what's worse
    A5                  E5
It hurts
       E5             F#5        A5
But still they love the bite

      E5                           F#5    
And I would like to die with you
                 B5                        A5
I'd like to try but I'm not suicide
        E5                         F#5
And I would like to kill you
                           B5                          A5
But that would suit you fine I realize
           E5                          F#5
And I won't disgrace myself
                    B5                                        A5
By chasing you around to pull you back

                    E5                          F#5
And I will not give in and hit you when
                    B5                              A5 
Before the fight begins and its okay
E                                F#m--A
I'm over you
E                                F#m--A
I'm over you
E5 
Cover your eyes
        A5               E5
The light is too bright

E--F#m--B--A repeat to end

Please Freeze Me  (From King Shit)

      F#5                B5
It's her again oh oh
                     F#5                        B5
She's a little disturbed again oh no
                          F#5                       B5
And I'm feeling down again so it goes
 C#5                          Eb5
Circling round like trouble and toil
Ab5     
A princess boiling milk
          C#5
They thought she was a witch
And when they poured it on her
                      B(14th fret barre chord)
She didn't melt
And I'll bear no guilt
      F#5                B5
It's her again oh oh
                       F#5                       B5
She's a little disturbed again oh no
                          F#5                    B5
And I'm feeling down again so it goes
C#5                                Eb5
Circling round like the juggler of the stars
Ab5
The monster of the moon
      C#5                                B5 (14th)
It's happening too soon

F#--B--F# 

Long Distance Man (From Sandbox)

F#5                             Bb5
He's a long distance man
           Eb5                                    Ab5
and he keeps on going because its not worth blowing
            F#5                  Bb5                Eb5           
and he does what he can because it not worth losing and
          Ab5
there ain't no choosin

repeat chords throughout

Any other world that you live in
don't believe in second chance
Sell another dream he won't take it
so don't fake it when you dance

Cover up your eyes in these bad times for
the sad times passing years build another tower
for your freedom he don't need them shed no tears.
 for the long distance man.....


Indian Was An Angel

E5                               F#5
Long time comin' to take my hand away
E5                               F#5
She says nothin' to take the pain away
E5                               F#5
Somethin' about discussions in the cave
E5                               F#5
Somethin' about a dream that can't be saved

            B5                   F#5 
Chorus:  And all the easy faces
E5                       A5
Running out of happy places
G5                 F#5     E5
Gone to the academy
B5                       F#5
And plug each sonic lyre
E5                       A5
Into the navajo amplifier
       G5      F#5       E5
For us to hear and see

Chords repeat throughout

Little star went rollin' up the hill
Asked me to come and dance I said I will
There are the days of preparation still
Somethin's gonna happen on that hill

Chorus

And all the summoned graces
Manifest in different places
There for us to see
And little star keeps sayin'
Indian was an angel prayin'
Come and patiently
For us ??also in we??
And save a place for me
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